Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Amusium) sol
Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519
Belongs to Amusium according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium), Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium lucens, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium papyraceum, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) japonicus, Pecten (Amusium) laurentii, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes vulsus, Pleuronectes elongatus
Type specimen: ANSP 3888, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 6019g, Canal Zone (Miocene of Panama)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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